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Dramatic Increase of Mass Prosecutions Intensifies Family Separation and Criminalization Crisis
Read More: Dramatic Increase of Mass Prosecutions Intensifies Family Separation and Criminalization CrisisAttorney General Jeff Sessions brings back controversial Operation Streamline to San Diego Today news broke that the Trump administration is significantly escalating its “zero tolerance” policy when it comes to immigrants seeking refuge in the U.S.…
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Date Set for Alejandra’s Bond
Read More: Date Set for Alejandra’s BondMijente member Alejandra Pablos was granted a bond hearing, which will determine if she can be released from detention. Click here to find out how you can support. Immigrant rights and reproductive rights activist Alejandra Pablos…
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Shackle Sessions, Not the People #FueraSessions #SessionsOUT
Read More: Shackle Sessions, Not the People #FueraSessions #SessionsOUTWashington, D.C. – A statue of Attorney General Jeff Sessions was be unveiled in front of the U.S. Supreme Court today by Latinx and immigrant rights organizers, calling attention to the defense of the Department of…
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We Do It For Our Gente: Release Ale Now
Read More: We Do It For Our Gente: Release Ale NowSince we began building Mijente, we’ve come to understand the meaning of political home as not just a concept but also a practice. In some ways, political home means having a place where you can go…
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Undocumented Activist Targeted by ICE Asks Immigration Judge to Throw Out Case Based on First Amendment
Read More: Undocumented Activist Targeted by ICE Asks Immigration Judge to Throw Out Case Based on First AmendmentMaru Mora-Villalpando, a Washington-based organizer facing her first immigration court date, files Motion to Terminate her deportation proceedings, citing First Amendment violations. Read the filing below. Seattle, WA – Maru Mora-Villalpando, who was sent a notice…
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Trump Supreme Court Gives ICE Power to Hold People Indefinitely, Making Private Prisons Millions
Read More: Trump Supreme Court Gives ICE Power to Hold People Indefinitely, Making Private Prisons MillionsThe Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that U.S. Immigration officials can hold people indefinitely, without receiving bond hearings. Carlos Garcia, Mijente member and Executive Director of Puente Human Rights Movement in Arizona, issued…
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ICE Targets Undocumented Immigrants Who Share Their Story in the Media
Read More: ICE Targets Undocumented Immigrants Who Share Their Story in the MediaImmigration agents claimed they pursued activist Maru Mora-Villalpando when they found her name and story in a local newspaper, labeling her an “anti-ICE” activist. The Seattle Field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released documents…
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Washington State Sent Information on Undocumented Activist to Immigration Enforcement Agency
Read More: Washington State Sent Information on Undocumented Activist to Immigration Enforcement AgencyDocuments show the WA Department of Licensing (DOL) shared personal information used in the targeting of activist and mother Maru Mora-Villalpando. See the e-mails from DOL and ICE below. Maru and Washington-based organizers are asking the…
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Everything We Know So Far about the Chicago Gang Database
Read More: Everything We Know So Far about the Chicago Gang DatabaseA new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Policing in Chicago Research Group, Tracked and Targeted: Early Findings on Chicago’s Gang Database, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the Chicago Gang Database…
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When Police Murdered an Elderly Man Clutching a Crucifix, His Daughter Turned Grief into Action
Read More: When Police Murdered an Elderly Man Clutching a Crucifix, His Daughter Turned Grief into ActionOn the night of December 12, 2016, as many Mexican families finished celebrating the Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Francisco Serna had trouble sleeping. The 73-year-old grandfather suffered from early dementia, and falling asleep was…
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Five Things the ‘Safe City’ Raids Can Teach Us About the New Era of Enforcement
Read More: Five Things the ‘Safe City’ Raids Can Teach Us About the New Era of EnforcementLast week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released information that they had detained 450 people across the country in cities and counties that have restrictions on the participation of local police in immigration enforcement, or so-called…
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In Defense of Organizing: A Guide on Organizing as Defense Against Federal Investigations and Prosecutions
Read More: In Defense of Organizing: A Guide on Organizing as Defense Against Federal Investigations and ProsecutionsOn April 26th, Mijente and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild hosted a webinar on federal investigations and prosecutions against organizers and community advocates. Today, both parties release a guide that outlines how…
